Archives for posts tagged ‘appropriated’

Jörg Sasse

Jörg Sasse Work from his oeuvre. “‘I would never place a work in the public domain that I myself couldn’t stand in front of and be amazed.’ Jörg Sasse finds nothing more dubious than straightforward answers as, to his mind, this flies in the face of the fact that reality is far more complex and […]

Chris Beckman

Chris Beckman Work from oops. “Somewhere between a home-video mixtape and a postmodern travelogue, “oops”—a ten-minute art video composed entirely of appropriated YouTube videos, seamlessly stitched together via a motif of camera drops—serves both as transportative adventure and metaphorical elucidation of YouTube itself (i.e. endless related videos), exemplifying the Internet’s infinite repository of “throwaway” social […]

Lee Gainer

Lee Gainer Work from Frankenlovley. “My work explores culturally accepted and media supported perceptions. I manipulate found imagery and objects in order to visually analyze the unwritten rules and hidden messages associated with modern American life.  By focusing on one aspect within a specific, media driven ideal, I examine the psychology behind these conventions and […]